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The crew was completing a local training sortie out from RAF Finningley. On final approach at night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane impacted trees and crashed, bursting into flames. Two crew members were slightly injured and the third one was unhurt.
Crew:
S/L John Nicolson Jaques, pilot,
P/O Byron Francis Burbridge, navigator,
AC1 Jack Guest, wireless operator and gunner.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.5 Courier in Doncaster: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 29, 1937

Type of aircraft:

Airspeed AS.5 Courier

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G-ACSZ

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Doncaster – Croydon

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1934

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Finningley AFB (Doncaster)

South Yorkshire

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United Kingdom

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Europe

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Shortly after takeoff from Doncaster Airport, while climbing, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion. Three passengers and the pilot were killed while two passengers were seriously injured.
Crew:
Irwell R. Jones. †
Passengers:
Henry Betts, †
Felix Burns, †
Arthur Joseph Henman, †
Ronald Batty,
Eric Reaney.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Armthorpe: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1932

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

Reginald H. Lemon

Registration:

G-AAEL

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Armthorpe - Armthorpe

MSN:

994

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1929

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The crew was completing a local training flight at Armthorpe Airfield. On approach, at a height of about 500 feet, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Two occupants were killed and a third was seriously injured.

Crash of a Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial in Westwoodside: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial

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F9178

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Brooklands – Digby

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The crew departed Brooklands Airport on a night delivery flight to Digby. On board were four crew members and the aircraft was coming out from the Vickers-Armstrong facilities at Brooklands Airport. En route, the crew apparently lost his orientation. The pilot reduced his altitude when the aircraft struck a bank and crashed in an open field. A crew member was injured while three others were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Geoffrey Maynard Edward Shaw, †
P/O John Edward Furlong Chapman, †
F/Sgt Alfred George Rogers, †
AC1 Cecil Alfred James Jones.

Probable cause:

An inquest was held at Westwoodside on January 13 on the bodies of Flt Lt G. M. E. Shaw, Pilot Officer J. E. F. Chapman and Flt Sgt A. G. Rogers who were killed on the night of January 11 during a flight from Brooklands to Digby. Aircraftman Cecil Jones, who was the only survivor of the accident, said that they were flying low in the bad light to try and read the name of the railway station. They ascended again and prepared to land on what appeared to be a green field. The aeroplane overshot this field and landed in a ploughed field. It struck a bank only about a foot high and turned up on its nose, crushing the three men who were in the front. Flying Officer H. Bailey said that Flight Lieutenant Shaw had lost his way. A verdict of misadventure was returned.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Sheffield

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1930

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

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G-AAPB

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Hanworth – Sheffield

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1165

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While approaching Sheffield on a flight from Hanworth, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.